Several Pennsylvania legislators have the right to intervene in a challenge to a state law that bars tax dollars from being used to fund groups that provide abortion services, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

A unanimous three-judge panel of the intermediate appeals court determined that 18 state senators and eight representatives can intervene in the case, Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, which was brought by several Planned Parenthood chapters and health centers across the state. The decision comes after the Commonwealth Court agreed to reconsider the issue with a three-judge panel after a single Commonwealth Court judge initially denied the legislator’s efforts to intervene.